Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
Clarent excalibur; Thanks! Yeah, seems like he was able to calm Momo down after what had happened to her.
lord web of life of destiny; I'm glad you're giving it a chance.
ShadowUzumaki55; He did yeah, Takumi at that point knew he'd not win in a straight up fight, so he took to using his blade and intelligence instead, managing to edge out some kind of victory with the help of Toshiro. He did manage to get through to her, and it seems that she's willing to listen to reason. Haha, after all he's gone through, he's pushed himself very far. Lets hope!
Skull Flame; A rollercoaster indeed~ Quite a difficult time for Takumi. He is yeah, he knows that he can't do it all, and he will need their help, plus he thought it would be best to do it this way. Exactly, he's being quite cautious, but it's rather necessary.
Silver crow; Thanks very much! It could have been, or maybe it was about Gin. Yup, seems like Nemu wishes to be beside him. Yup, he came across Gin and had a battle with him, fighting him with a mixture of skills and intelligence. Haha, Rangiku didn't listen huh~? Yuzu unknowingly did that huh~? Momo was lost in her grief, her anger, but Takumi managed to help her and stopped her from going too far. Orihime does believe in him quite a bit. Yeah, Takumi and Toshiro managed to work together, and fought Gin to a point where he was forced back. Haha, Takumi was quite tired from that experience, so he had to say that. Aura could be, I don't know about that yet. He could have known some of them, he at least is acquainted with Tier. Yup the Quincy war is being animated, I'm so happy as a Bleach fan that it's coming back. Yeah, that never made sense to me, what happened with Tier in that flashback, she should have still swatted him away. Yeah, maybe they could do. Maybe he did have a dream like that.
guest; It seems that Nemu wishes to live with him huh~? She didn't, so she's going to be getting a better deal here. They do have a cool dynamic between them. Rangiku and Takumi are going to have quite the relationship between them. I'll be doing the canon arcs, I might be doing some of the filler arcs. It will be Ywhach, maybe a bit depowered so he's not broken but still very powerful. I do know who's going to be fighting those in this story. I will be giving bigger roles to a few characters that didn't really get much in canon. Yeah, they did have potential, so they might be appearing more here. What fight I want to see animated is Kenpachi vs Gremmy, since it was so cool in the manga, seeing Kenpachi cutting up different things, even a meteor among other things. I also would love to see the fight with Askin and Kisuke and Yoruichi.
Andrew123456; Thanks! I'm glad that you are! Yeah, it seems that it is, and I can't wait for it to come back. I've not really read the manga of that yet so until I do, I'm just glad the author is doing stuff again.
Guest 1; It wouldn't really affect the story if the anime did or didn't come back, but I am quite excited to see it being animated, and if anything is going to change.
Guest 2; I can't reveal that, it might even be here in this story.
Guest 3; I just generally like Giselle's personality, the Zombie power, among other things about her.
Guest 4; In a sense, Yachiru does seem to have an infatuation with Takumi.
Exodus12345; It would be yeah. His Mother will be revealed eventually.
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Explanations!
Having made it back to her living quarters, Soi Fon contemplated what had happened during that day. How she had confronted Takumi, how she was able to fight him...but how she wasn't able to finish him off.
She honestly wasn't sure what kind of head space she was in right now.
She walked towards her dresser draw, and pulled it open. She went through it, going into a secret compartment, and opened it to reveal a picture of her, Yoruichi, and Takumi all stood together. She herself was being as serious as always, but the other two had big smiles on their faces, as if they were a bunch of kids being happy.
Soi Fon smiled at the sight, but she also felt a heart beat going through her.
She felt her emotions bubbling up inside of her.
The confusion, the anger…
The sadness.
But that stopped when she felt the presence of someone outside her room.
So she put the picture back in its hiding place, storming to the door, forcing it open to see Byakuya stood there.
"Captain Kuchiki, shouldn't you be preparing for your little sisters death?"
Soi Fon said it harshly, the lingering anger spilling over into conversations she'd rather it not be.
"Harsh tone from you, Captain Soi Fon. I only came to hear the story of you fighting against Takumi Urahara. I have heard an alarming amount of people fighting that boy, and him either getting away or beating his opponents. Even Captain level Shinigami."
"...He got lucky, that's all. He managed to slip away, you know how smart he is that damn blonde haired fool."
Soi Fon...lied.
She knew that she shouldn't.
But she couldn't say that she had let him go.
"I see. I was surprised to hear this. You had all the intentions in the world to kill him, yet he eluded you."
"I can't help that he was prepared. Perhaps I could have used my Bankai, but there would have been people caught up in the blast. That's all that happened. Now, I'd appreciate it if you left me alone, I'm going to prepare to find him again."
Soi Fon dismissed Byakuya who sharpened his eyes.
"I came to also tell you, not to attempt anything."
Soi Fon raised an eyebrow.
"And why's that?"
"Because, I want to be the one who fights him next. We need a rematch, this time I intend to not lose."
"...Hearing you saying that, I am wondering what your true intentions are. You also have a past with him, so why are you acting as if that doesn't matter in the slightest?"
"Because it doesn't matter. He's an enemy of the Soul Society. I thought you had the same option as I did."
Soi Fon furrowed her eyebrows at the sight before her.
"I do."
"Then you're questioning my intentions, yet not your own?"
"As I said before, that I'd be the one to bring him to justice, that's my decision. That's my right."
"No, it is my right."
Soi Fon allowed her eyes to focus intently on Byakuya who did the same thing.
Tension was between them.
It was clear to see that something between them wasn't good.
"Captain, I will say this clearly...stay away from Takumi Urahara."
"What…? You're the one saying this to me? What gives you the right?"
"As I have said, I have decided to be the one who fights Takumi. You had your chance, and you couldn't finish him off. He came here for Rukia, so it should be me who fights and stops Takumi from causing more trouble."
"Good luck Byakuya Kuchiki, I don't know if you'll win against him."
Byakuya raised an eyebrow.
"Are you saying that I can't do that?"
"All I'm saying is, he's fought you once, he wont fall for your tricks twice."
"Neither will I fall for his, Captain Soi Fon."
Byakuya turned away from the young woman, and flash stepped out of there.
Soi Fon silently went back into her room, thinking about the situation at hand. She truly wasn't sure on what she was going to do now. All she knew was that things were going to be difficult going forward, and what could happen...she wasn't sure.
Running through the Soul Society, Takumi was leading Toshiro, Momo and Rangiku towards the hidden location with Nemu standing beside him as they kept leaping forward several times.
He kept wondering how he was going to proceed with everything that was happening. With Aizen, among other things.
He also knew that Mayuri would be out there, and he wasn't going to take anything lying down, he was going to develop more and scary items that could end most people. Mayuri was a tricky person that had access to different poisons, so Takumi knew that he'd have to think about many different scenarios, and how to counter them.
Rangiku, noticing that he wasn't speaking, turned towards Takumi.
"You know, for someone that's supposed to be quite chatty, you're certainly being quiet."
Takumi blinked at the young woman, glancing at Rangiku who was giving a mixture of a teasing smile, and a curious one.
"Sorry about that, just thinking about next moves and all. Got to keep ahead of people like..." His eyes glanced to Momo, who looked down. "...people that could want to harm me or my friends, that's all."
"Since you're thinking about that, you could at least tell us what you know."
Toshiro said it with slight irritation, but Takumi gently patted her head, to her annoyance.
"Sorry, but you never know who might be trying to follow us. It would be best for all questions to be saved for the time we are in a safe and secure location. We can't give enemies the knowledge that we have. Only in like emergency situations, and this isn't an emergency situation, to the point that I'd have to divulge anything at least right now. Don't worry, when we get there, I will make sure that you get the information you desire."
"I hope so. Because, I know that this isn't right. The Soul Society is in danger, and I can't allow it to be destroyed, no matter what."
Hearing that from the smaller Captain, Takumi gave a small smile.
"You really do care a lot for the Soul Society. It's nice that people here aren't so different to the human world."
"But, you were originally from here, right? Why would you say something like that? Shouldn't it be that people from the human world aren't that different from people in the Soul Society?"
Rangiku displayed her confusion, so Takumi clarified.
"I don't remember being in the Soul Society, as a whole. As time goes on, I remember bits and pieces. I don't have the full picture yet."
"Then, if that's the case, why aren't you more worried that you can't trust who you really are right now?"
Takumi chortled, knowing that she was probably trying to work out what Takumi's true intentions were.
"Because I know any version of me wouldn't be capable of murdering innocent people like that, and speaking to people that knew me, like my Father, and Yoruichi-chan, they believe in me, and knew I wouldn't do this."
"Those people know you though, people that care about you I should say. What about people that don't care about you? What about their views?"
Toshiro brought up a good point in Takumi's opinion.
"Soi Fon-san. She tried to murder me, she hated me and what I was. Yet...at the end of it, that fight...she stopped herself from killing me, and she broke down. She believed that something more was happening than what she believed, yet she had attempted to slay me several times. So, I'd say that people that hated me...they had views about me that they couldn't trust. And you could say that maybe it was our former relationship that helped out. But, Nemu-san and I didn't have a prior relationship, I'm sure she would have at least been aware of who I was, yet she chose to stand with me, right Nemu-san?"
Nemu confirmed it with a nod of her head.
"Correct, Takumi-sama is a person I've decided to follow, because Takumi-sama was able to help me with my thoughts and feelings. Takumi-sama is a good person. I will always believe that. Mayuri-sam...Mayuri is the person that is the bad one."
Her words were simple, yet they were very impactful.
Rangiku felt quite convinced since she hadn't seen Nemu quite like this before.
Toshiro was a bit more unsure of it.
While Momo wasn't sure what to even think about.
But seeing that Nemu was believing in Takumi, maybe it was enough for her right now. Maybe it was alright for her to believe in Takumi, and what he was saying. Though she still needed to know everything that was going on, she needed the information.
Within the human world, Kisuke thought that he had finally finished it.
The cure to the Zombie girl that had been left behind.
Chizuru.
She had been staying at the house for several days now, and it had been progressing at a rate that most would find terrifying. She would have violent outbursts, Kisuke would have to dodge a number of thrown objects by the Zombie.
But no more.
Not today.
He had finished it.
Bambietta happened to be around at the Urahara shop (mostly because she found it entertaining when Chizuru started attacking Kisuke), watching the man as he sat down at the dining table, with Chizuru in the kitchen, the cold dead look in her eyes could disturb anyone.
"...Since it's evening meal now, perhaps I'd be able to slip it in her drink..."
"It wont work. She can smell things like she's trained her senses for this crap..."
Kisuke turned towards Bambietta with a dry look on his face.
"Are you going to help, or are you going to simply sit there and make comments?"
"Sit here and make comments."
Kisuke sighed deeply.
"...I'll be alright. I'm Kisuke Urahara, I have fought down people that are deranged, I used to be a Captain of a Squad, and I am not going to allow a Zombie to defeat me. I shall overcome this Zombie, and make sure my life will be able to keep going on."
Bambietta wasn't sure if he was deluding himself or not.
But, he was at least trying his best, so it made her rather happy.
"I'm sure that you will be. Just do your best."
Bambietta had a fat smile on her face, watching as Chizuru who was still a Zombie, looked towards Kisuke with scary loving eyes.
"Kisuke..."
The Zombie growled, Kisuke winced at the feelings suddenly entering him.
It felt terrifying.
But he wasn't going to give in.
"Y-Yeah? I'm alright..."
"Kisuke...I've made chocolate cake...for after dinneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"
Kisuke winced at the yelling, Chizuru's eyes came stronger for Kisuke. Bambietta showed a bigger than normal smile, seeing that she was rather interested in what was happening.
"O-Okay. That sounds...great, thanks."
Chizuru glares at him, Kisuke could see the pressure she was using began to crack the metal she was holding onto, the metal surface at that was denting. He did feel as if this could be a dangerous situation.
But he had to see it through.
He directed his hand to the side of him.
"Chizuru...come and sit down with me."
"Grrrrr..."
Kisuke felt his stomach do a flip at that.
"O-Or whatever you want, I wont push you..."
Bambietta was loving this.
Seeing someone as strong and smart as Kisuke being forced to bow down to someone like Zombie Chizuru.
Chizuru walked over with a plate of food, and pushed it in front of Kisuke. A snarl escaped her lips as she engaged with Kisuke.
"Eat this...now."
Kisuke felt the threatening tone that she had given, so he just nodded.
Looking down at the plate, Kisuke steeled himself.
It seemed that he might not be able to go with his original plan, so he'd have to do an alternative.
His eyes turned to his cane, and reached for it slowly.
"Kisuke...what are you doing…?"
She growled at him, as Bambietta snickered.
Kisuke didn't like the way Bambietta was snickering.
"N-Nothing Zombie Chizuru, just...doing nothing."
Bambietta snickered, and wondered if she should say anything or do anything.
It felt so perfect right now that she could say anything to set off Chizuru and Kisuke would be afraid of her.
"Zombie Chizuru..." Kisuke turned desperately to Bambietta who kept smirking. "...Kisuke said that he wishes for you to feed him. Would it be alright if you did something like that?"
"Bambi..."
Kisuke gave a betraying look towards her, but she merely smirked as Chizuru pulled closer to Kisuke. Kisuke felt his heart dropping as Chizuru placed her hand on his leg. The gently scary touch of the Zombie caused Kisuke to feel worried about what she could do.
"You...need me to..."
"Y-Yes...we could do something together like...aah, screw this." Chizuru raised an eyebrow as Kisuke stuck out his hand. "Sajo Sabaku!"
Suddenly, golden energy chains came out, shooting around the young woman, binding her.
"Kisuke...disobeying meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Chizuru growled, and she began moving her arms, Kisuke noticing that the chains were beginning to break as it went forward.
"Ooh, she's going to break them."
Bambietta laughed out, Kisuke tightening his eyes on the form of Chizuru.
Kisuke then unleashed a few more binding spells onto her, but the power of Chizuru was growing stronger and stronger, with the binding spells breaking more and more, faster than Kisuke could use them on her.
"Ooh, it's going to break!"
Bambietta couldn't contain her laughter at the moment.
"Will you help me Bambi?!"
"Sorry. I can't stop this happiness I'm feeling right now."
Kisuke cried as he took the cure, and injected it into Chizuru's body. Chizuru immediately let out a howl, as she smashed through the chains, the eruption of power forced back even Bambietta who was at a distance.
"Oh crap, she's going super nova..."
Kisuke cried, as Chizuru snarled, lunging forward.
Kisuke place d a few barriers before him, but she broke right through them instantly.
The Zombie girl was frighteningly powerful.
Chizuru's hands went to grab Kisuke…
But they suddenly stopped.
She stopped in sight.
Her eyes suddenly turned from crazed, to back to her usual self. Her skin turned back to its natural colour instead of having the reddish hue.
Yet, she still let out a small snarl.
"W-Wait, why am I here?" Chizuru's eyes went towards Kisuke who laid down on the floor. "...Eeh, aren't you that damn Takumi's Father? Is my Hime here?! I want to see my Hime! But, I'm still not sure what's going on here...w-why am I here?! Answer me!"
Bambietta clicked her tongue.
"Awww, she's back to normal, I was hoping that she'd stay like that for a good while yet..."
She sighed, while Kisuke breathed out slowly.
He stood up, and faced the red headed girl seriously.
"R-Right, Chizuru-san. It seems that you...yeah, you passed out, and came here. What is the last thing you remem..." Chizuru's gaze turned to Bambietta, ignoring Kisuke. "...oh, you're not even listening to me now..."
"Wow, you're one hot woman!" Bambietta cringed as Chizuru made grabbing motions to her. "I haven't seen anyone so cute...well, besides Hime and Kuchiki-chan~ But, I wonder where they are? Aaah, I wish I could be with them...t-they better not be with that damn Takumi again! No, he can't be! Please don't let him do anything happen to them!"
Bambietta watched as Chizuru came close to her at lightning speed, hugging onto her arm.
"W-What are you doing!?"
"Don't worry, I just need some comforting...please, don't let anything happen to me..."
Kisuke watched as Bambietta pushed Chizuru away, and snapped "Leave me alone!" running off, as Chizuru began giving chase.
But she paused, and turned to Kisuke with a deranged look on her face and snarled, scaring Kisuke.
But then she returned to normal, announcing "Goodbye, damn Takumi's Father!" running off with a happy face.
Kisuke released a breath he didn't know he was holding, leaning backwards, and simply just took it easy. His nightmare of Zombie Chizuru was over...he hoped that it was over anyway.
Back in the Soul Society, when they finally arrived back at the hideout, Takumi was immediately swamped by Yuzu, who hugged around his waist.
He looked around, see that everyone had finally gathered. Including that of Unohana, Shunsui, Nanao, Isane, Orihime, Karin, Ganju, Hanataro, Giselle, Yoruichi, and Yachiru who was sat down with Kenpachi who was still in a state of being frozen.
Bringing back with him were Nemu, Toshiro, Momo and Rangiku.
The three that didn't know about all of this, seemed bewildered that so many Shinigami had gathered. It seemed that a good number of the Captains are also quite...into the situation while the three girls were left baffled by what was currently going on.
"Geez, seems like you're finally back."
Shunsui played it off as if he didn't mind.
Though Takumi could see that he looked relieved that Takumi was back.
"Yes, sorry for worrying you all. Just had a few things that we needed to do." His eyes turned to Yuzu who was crying as she was hugging him. "Ooh Yuzu-chan, don't worry. I've come back now~ And I'm, mostly okay~"
"M-Mostly okay? Then that means you might not be okay…?"
"What I meant was, I just need to relax some, and heal Kenpachi-san. Don't worry about me Yuzu-chan, alright?"
Yuzu looked up towards Takumi, and gave a cute smile on her face.
The blonde gently petted her head, while Yoruichi glanced at Toshiro's suddenly appearance, along with Rangiku, and Momo who still had a melancholic look to her.
"Takumi, what's going on here?"
Takumi chuckled awkwardly.
"W-Well, it seems that we've gained some unexpected...I don't know if we're allies yet, but at least they wish for the truth as we know it. But, I still have to help out Kenpachi-san and make sure that he's battle ready. Unohana-san, could you give me assistance please? Since he was poisoned by Mayuri, I had to take measures such as these."
"Of course, it shouldn't take-"
"Excuse me." Toshiro interrupted. "But, what's going on here? You're...all together. Since when did this happen? I wasn't aware that this many people had come under Takumi Urahara."
Takumi rubbed the back of his head.
He could see that Toshiro was rather an impatient look on her face.
"Hehehe, we'll explain, I promise. But Kenpachi-san needs assistance right now, we'll be doing that, and then since it is late, we'll talk about what's currently happening tomorrow morning. Since we have to keep up appearances for the Soul Society, we have to make sure that everything runs as normal in each of your squads without raising any suspicions."
"But I don't get it, what are you all doing here together?"
Rangiku's question was answered by Karin.
"We're attempting to save your Soul Society."
Toshiro looked bewildered by what was currently happening. Rangiku was intrigued, while Momo wanted to know more about the situation at hand.
"Now, please relax. We'll explain everything tomorrow, but right now..." Takumi yawned. "Fought too many people today...can't think about serious things, need to relax...no, need to heal Kenpachi-san then need to relax..."
"Aah, he's speaking my language~"
Rangiku sang out, Toshiro folded her arms.
"No, you're just lazy."
"Captain! Please don't say that!"
Toshiro just ignored her, and didn't say anything else, while watching Takumi.
She tried to figure out what he truly was after.
She couldn't discern.
He truly was someone that was hard to understand.
Sometime later, Takumi with Unohana was fixing Kenpachi of the poison that Mayuri had given him. Since Unohana was more knowledgeable about the body, and Takumi was more knowledgeable about poisons, they combined their efforts with Unohana fixing the body and Takumi taking out the poison.
"Amazing, you did the right thing by stopping his body from decaying so fast. Anymore time, and he could have died."
"Well, thank Orihime-chan for keeping him alive for as long as she did."
"Ooh yes, that Ryoka girl. What is your relationship with her anyway?"
Takumi raised an eyebrow at the woman.
"Why?"
"I'm just curious. Do you love her?"
Takumi's face turned slightly red at the sight before him.
Her asking such things wasn't something he expected to happen.
"T-That's...well, I...I think that's between us."
Unohana lightly smiled at the boys words.
"How wonderful, Takumi-kun found love in the human world~"
"A-Ah, well...I guess that I did..."
"That's good. I was worried about you, for a good while. Back then, even now. I wasn't sure what to believe when it came to you. I never really believed that you would have performed experimentation of humans and souls. Though I was also thinking about what you'd be doing in the human world."
"Yeah...it was an alright life. I knew about the supernatural world. Like Hollows and Shinigami and the likes. But while I did want to know more about that stuff, I was more concerned about doing my day to day activities, and doing what I can to have a good life, with my friends. I also got to spend my time inventing things, which was always great~ Now, I'm in the Soul Society fighting against a system that seriously needs to think and reflect on itself."
Unohana placed a finger to her chin, then she began letting out cute laughing sounds.
"How cute you are. It might seem like we are a strange society, and for a long time, we have been operating fairly well...but, with everything that's been happening, I suppose that we haven't been able to operate at the levels that we should have been able to operate at."
Takumi's face began to fall slightly.
"Captain Unohana, I'm sorry about all of this. I know that it isn't ideal-"
"I'd rather be prepared, than be suddenly shocked. Change is necessary sometimes, and this time...it is necessary. We have to change to grow, and that's why I am glad that you came back Takumi-kun. You always were a rather unconventional Shinigami, and it's nice to see you being able to pull off these different things with the world against you."
Takumi lightly smiled at the woman before him.
But then Kenpachi became alert, his lone visible eye shooting open to look at Takumi.
"Alright, where is he? I'll slice down that clown bastard if its the last thing I do!"
Takumi tilted his neck left and right.
"Eeh, if you mean Mayuri, he's gone for now."
Kenpachi growled, sitting up with discontent on his face.
"Damn it, I wanted to cut him down..."
"In the future, I'm sure that you'll be able to do that. For now though, you need to relax, your body isn't back to normal."
"I can't relax Takumi! I've got a clown to slay!"
Takumi chuckled awkwardly, as Unohana gained a scary aura, placing a hand on Kenpachi's shoulder.
"Kenpachi, please do as Takumi-kun has advised. It would be in your best interest if you follow the rules this time."
Even someone like Kenpachi cringed when seeing her eyes shooting towards his own.
"...Alright, I'll have to go along with that this time."
Unohana released her smile, looking rather content.
"That's good. Now lay back, and relax."
Unohana nodded with a content look on her face.
Takumi exhaled, glad that Unohana was around for them to be like this.
Yachiru who had been waiting at a distance, when seeing Kenpachi moving again, shot off like a bullet, jumping Kenpachi, and she began to cry as she hugged onto him, crying out "Thank you Taku-chan!" again and again, something Takumi smiled at, shaking his head, glad that she was rather happy right now.
Late into the night, so late that it could nearly be Takumi and the other slept in various places, Takumi was suddenly awoken when he felt a new pressure coming closer. Takumi's eyes went towards it, so he reached for his Zanpakuto, and moved towards that location.
He didn't wake anyone, as he knew who it was.
But, if he was also an enemy still or not, Takumi had to find out.
When he got to the large ladders, he saw a familiar red hair coming down, so Takumi aimed his sword up.
"Friend or foe?"
"I'm here to rescue Rukia, take that what you will."
Takumi lightly smiled.
"Renji, seems like you're more relaxed than last time."
Renji jumped down towards the blonde, looking into his eyes. Takumi noticed that his blade had been repaired, something Takumi found rather interesting, and he saw that the wounds Renji had, had been recovered.
"Last time, I was angry...I hated it, that I was powerless to rescue Rukia, but after what I've heard, seems like you've grown stronger than last time we fought, taking on Captain's. Even taking down a monster like Kenpachi Zaraki. Tell me, Takumi….can you really do it? Rescue Rukia?"
Takumi thought about how to respond.
He was a realist, he wasn't going to give false hope, but he also wished to reassure Renji as much as he could.
"I can promise that together, we can go for her to save her. We've got good allies now. It was a goal of mine to make allies while here, I knew that I'd have some people here that would support me. But, I'd have to convince others. No one man can win a war against a society, don't care who it is, he needs help. And now, we've got that help. Renji, we will save Rukia-chan, with everyone's help. Are you with me?"
Renji, hearing that, began to show a wicked smile on his face.
"Naturally! As if I wouldn't do anything to save her!"
"Right, then lets work together and save her."
"Then in doing that, I need to practice finalizing my Bankai here. That's fine, right?"
Takumi raised an eyebrow.
"You have Bankai?"
"Heh, that's right. I certainly do."
"Then why didn't you use that when you fought me?"
Renji's cocky smile turned into a scowl.
"W-What I meant is, I'm nearly there to getting Bankai, that's all! Don't think about situations needlessly!"
Takumi rolled his eyes at Renji playfully.
"But still, Bankai huh? I'm so proud of you Renji~"
Renji's eyes widened when he said that in such a voice.
Did he remember?
He wasn't sure.
But the way that Takumi spoke, the singsong way…
It just reminded him of the past.
"...Do you remember about it? When we were young?"
"No." Renji's face fell, as Takumi leaned forward. "But, I do know that we're friends now, and right now, isn't that all that matters? When I remember, I'll let you know. Until then, we're still friends now."
Renji huffed.
But secretly, he was quite alright with what he had said.
"Fine, that's good enough for me."
"And if its Bankai you're training for, how about doing it with Giselle-san?"
"G-Giselle...the legendary Zombie girl?"
"She's legendary here?"
Renji shuddered.
He didn't even want to think about what could be happening with the Zombie girl.
"S-She's...She's something alright...please just don't speak about her, and...yeah, I don't need her to help me out. I'm alright...don't worry about me...it's alright..."
Hearing Renji talking gibberish, seemed like Giselle had made quite the name for herself during her time in the Soul Society.
"Haha, alright then. I'm sure that you'll be able to practice around here. Since I'm up, I'm going to do some stretches."
Renji gave him a slightly confused look, but Takumi simply dropped to the ground, and began doing some push ups, then sit ups, among other exercises. Certainly, Renji was rather baffled by what he was seeing this moment in time.
When the sun was slowly rising in the air, Rukia could feel that there weren't any current battles, at least the ones that reached her in the tower. Rukia could see the sun was beginning to peak into her window within the tower.
She contemplated what Takumi and the others were doing at that moment in time.
If they had managed to find some kind of refuge…
But as she was thinking about it, she saw that a guard was coming up to the door.
Her eyes didn't move from his form, as he delivered the unfortunate news to her.
"Your execution date has been moved up once more. Three days from today, you shall be executed."
Rukia didn't know what to say.
She didn't know how she was supposed to feel.
Her first reaction was worry, perhaps even fear…
But then she calmed and rationalized what she had been told, and she began thinking about the other people that had come to save her. The people that wished to be with her, and help her out, and how now…
They could die too.
"...If I die here...perhaps since I am a Kuchiki...my name might hold some weight, and Takumi could...perhaps they could find it in their hearts to listen to my plea of...letting them go...all of them..."
That's all Rukia could think about right now.
Even though she had been told she was going to die, she was worried about the others.
What they could be feelings.
Thinking.
How they could be hurt, killed.
She couldn't have that happen.
Not for her.
So she had begun making up her mind that if she was going to die, then she'd at least plead for their lives.
For Takumi's life.
Even if it was futile, she felt like this is the only thing that she could do now.
A small time later after Rukia received her message, Takumi gathered everyone of the alliance to save the Soul Society, Takumi looked out over the others, seeing that Kenpachi was back to normal, and the others all seemed to be staring at him.
If he was honest with himself, he...felt odd about suddenly seeing these things happening.
Before, everyone in the room that didn't come to the Soul Society barring Shunsui, Nemu and Nanao, had attacked him or at least threatened to do so, but now it seemed like they were all listening to him.
Takumi also noticed that a new face had appeared, with the white haired man, Ukitake.
"Ehh…."
"It's alright, he's on our side."
Shunsui added, so Takumi smiled softly.
"Right, nice to meet you..."
"Ooh, we've met before. But you can call me Jushiro Ukitake."
"R-Right...before memory loss...gotta keep up with that."
Takumi smiled out slightly, with the white haired man bowing his head ever so slightly.
"...Are you going to start?"
Renji had asked this, with Yachiru glancing towards him.
"Why is Red Monkey here?"
Renji shot a look towards her, but she casually swayed side to side.
Momo raised her hand, gaining Takumi's attention.
"I'm sorry...but can we begin please?"
Takumi nodded, and began speaking.
"Right. I suppose what I said to you all last night after the fight with Gin might make you disbelieve what's going on. Because to you, I'm sure I've been called a killer, or someone that's done human experimentation with Hollows or something like that, right?" They nodded so he continued. "Then, to begin with. The reason why Rukia-chan is being put to death in the first place."
"That's because she gave her powers to you, right?"
Rangiku questioned, Takumi furrowed his brows complicatedly.
"Correct, in a sense. However, I've read the laws of the Soul Society very carefully, and each time I've come to the same conclusion. It's against the law to pass your powers to a human...but, I was never human. So, I had to make the conclusion it was because it was me, specifically that she is being put to death in such a manner."
"That's because of what's been said about you in the past. Can you really say you didn't do those things?"
Toshiro wondered, with Takumi nodding.
"Yes, because from what I've seen, I'm being punished for experimentation on humans, and the creation of Shinigami/Hollow hybrids, as in the case of the former Captain Shinji, and a few of the others."
Karin looked towards Takumi.
"Kind of like me then?"
"You're a different case Karin-chan...I think. You're a special case, you didn't necessarily have your body experimented on, yet you wound up with Hollows powers. My best guess is because your Father or Mother were attacked by Hollows before your birth, and infected them with their energy, and they gave you that power."
Karin seemed alright with that for the moment.
Takumi wasn't sure how much of that was true, since he recalled Isshin saying stuff about why she'd have a Hollow, and didn't want to reveal anything about it just yet to Karin or Yuzu.
"But yes, that's the reason I was banished from the Soul Society...or rather, why I had to flee over a hundred years ago. However, I was framed for that crime. My Father also explained to me about this situation and what really happened." His eyes shifted to Momo. "Remember what I'm about to say, is what I believe is the truth. This isn't me hating on anyone, but the facts and speculations that I have come to."
"Y-Yes..."
"Then, Aizen is most likely the one who framed me for that event because he is after something according to my Father."
They went deadly silent.
The people that didn't know about this conclusion were surprised.
But, the ones that did just stayed silent and didn't say anything.
"The reasons why he did this, is because he's after something."
"What is he after exactly?"
Toshiro's question was met with a disheartened look from Takumi.
"It's something that can break down the walls between Hollows and Shinigami's. Turning one into the other, and mixing their powers. So, a Hollow gaining Shinigami powers, and a Shinigami gaining Hollow powers."
"That's really possible though?"
Rangiku nodded as Karin showed her mask that she'd rather not have, but it keeps appearing on her person.
"I have both Shinigami and Hollow powers. Not sure how yet, gotta get back to you on that. But yeah it's very possible."
"Like with Karin-chan, having one gain the other power is quite...scary to think about. We also came across such a being once, a woman that was named Tier-san, she was a Hollow that gained the power of a Shinigami."
"Damn, those things exist? Makes me want to cut them up even more."
Kenpachi smirked out, Unohana gave slightly dry eyes towards him, as Takumi continued.
"Aizen must have one already, so gaining my Father's one, he'd be able to make it...stronger, it's a creation that has an unknown power that could cause mass destruction. I'm not sure what Aizen is trying to achieve exactly, if it is to boost his own power with an army of Hollows, or if he intends to destroy Soul Society, I'm not quite sure. But evidence does point to Aizen being the one behind this."
"C-Could you explain please?"
Momo's voice barely worked.
She was having a hard time believing this.
"Yes..to take it back to the beginning. Rukia-chan fighting that Hollow, a Hollow that was far beyond most normal Hollows, she fought that and nearly lost. And her coming to Karakura town, coincidence? Or, was she sent there purposefully? Because, I had a prior relationship with her in the past, I was a sort of...mentor to her, and Renji from what I've been told. However, unlike the hot headed Renji, sorry Renji-" Renji shrugged, agreeing with what he said to an extent. "-the calm Rukia-chan would think of a different way to survive, and I just can't see Renji passing his powers to me, even when he was on deaths door, as at that time, he believed that I was an evil person."
"So, the night that Hollow attacked, it was all for her to awaken your powers? It was designed in that way?"
Yuzu asked Takumi who inclined his neck.
"It was to force Rukia-chan into a situation that was do or die. By doing that, he turned her into a traitor of the Soul Society. Siding with someone that did these heinous crimes. Eventually, word picked up, and she was caught after a mysterious situation with the Hollows, more importantly, the Menos Grande."
"Aizen's aligned himself with the Menos?"
Ukitake asked with Takumi nodding his head.
"In all likelihood, yes he has. His objective could be to create an army of them. Imagine if he got some Vasto Lorde Hollows on his side, turned them into hybrids with Shinigami powers? Talk about scary huh?"
"Okay, I get that. But, where do you fit into all of this? Why go this far?"
Toshiro had to wonder about that.
So Takumi continued.
"Right, Aizen needed me to be here. He needed a reason for the situations to happen as they did."
"And that's for the breakdown sphere thing you mentioned?"
Takumi nodded at Toshiro.
"A-And it's in the Soul Society right now?"
Momo's question was answered by a nodding Takumi.
"Yes, it's in the Soul Society. Aizen needed Rukia-chan to be a sacrificial Pawn. I wondered about a few ways for the device to be revealed from a persons soul, and one way would be to evaporate the soul, to be fair it's probably one of two to three ways for it to be retrieved once implanted into a soul. Could someone tell me, what the Sokyoku does?"
"It's got the power of a million Zanpakuto." Unohana revealed. "It creates a...I suppose the best way to describe it would be like a phoenix, and that would obliterate the soul in the intense power of flames."
Takumi furrowed his eyebrows, then continued after thinking for a moment.
"Then he needed a reason to release the Sokyoku, and what better than a criminal that helped another one?" Toshiro was putting the pieces in place now though Momo wasn't so sure. "He devised this plan to make sure that Rukia-chan got captured, and also, for me to come to the Soul Society to rescue Rukia-chan."
"But, I still don't understand." Nanao interrupted. "Why would he need you here specifically?"
"Me, and the others here that came with me." Takumi continued after a pause. "He needed an enemy that the Soul Society could focus in on. And who better than already a wanted criminal? He knew I'd come for Rukia-chan, the girl that saved me. By me and the others causing a distraction, he was free to do what he wanted. So, the first order of business was to make sure he could be as comfortable as possible."
"By that, you mean..."
Toshiro's eyes narrowed slightly, with Takumi nodding.
"Central 46. Can anyone say when they last saw someone go in and out of that place, before the lock down on that place?"
No one said anything.
Many of the Soul Society members began thinking of when they actually did see someone.
"Then, if you haven't seen anyone for a while, that means Aizen took it over for a while. He could do whatever he wants there."
"He has the run of the Soul Society..."
Shunsui murmured, Takumi nodded slowly.
"Right, and that means, he can put up Rukia-chan's execution, he can do whatever he wants while being comfortable."
"So, that's why he faked his death..."
Unohana caught on, Takumi continued to nod.
"With him dead, and that place on currently unable to be entered or exited, who'd suspect it being any different to it is now?"
Some had to agree with what he was saying.
Though Momo remained skeptical on what was currently going on.
"But, before he disappeared, he was at least with one of us when we got messages from the Central 46, so how did he do that? He can't be in two places at once. Even when you came to the Soul Society, I remember being with him as we got the message...and he was there...so, how did it happen…?"
Momo's words tried to defend Aizen, though even she wasn't sure if she could defend Aizen as she listened to this.
"True, no one person can be in two places at once. It's simply impossible. So, he had help."
"Help...Gin?"
Toshiro asked, but Takumi gave a complex stare.
"Him, and perhaps others."
"More people could be involved?"
Isane didn't sound like she believed it, but Takumi confirmed it with a nod.
"I can only speculate on that. Even Yoruichi-chan said she might not be aware of all people on his side. Since the last time she saw him was a 100 years ago. But for sure, my Father told me about Aizen, and Gin. Mayuri could also be involved, though that's mostly because of how he acts as a person and all that bad stuff."
"Suppose that he does have help, how could we figure out who is a traitor with him, or who isn't with him? How do we know that anyone in here isn't working for him?"
Toshiro's question gained an irritated look from Renji.
"Are you accusing us of being with that ass?!"
"Well, we don't know, that's what I am saying."
"We shouldn't accuse anyone in here of being a traitor."
Unohana smiled out, which began scaring a few people.
Takumi chuckled awkwardly, then continued with a slight smile.
"But yes, with this happening now, Aizen's plans are slotting into place. As I heard just before starting this meeting from Unohana-san, it seems that Rukia-chan's execution date has been pushed up again."
Momo and the others looked between them.
They didn't know what to say.
Hearing it made sense.
They understood their situations.
But they also weren't sure on where to go from here.
So Shunsui spoke up.
"What are we going to do about this exactly?"
Takumi raised an eyebrow, as Unohana nodded.
"As our leader, don't you have a plan Takumi-kun?"
"L-Leader?"
Nanao raised her head, nodding as she allowed her glasses to be pushed up her face.
"Yes, we need a leader, and Takumi-kun, that's you. You know the most about this, you've brought us all together, so it is only logical that you should be the one to lead us in this adventure. We could even achieve something amazing if you're the one leading us."
"Hey yeah, I have no problem with that~" Rangiku smiled out. "Besides, he's quite cute, so I'd be alright with him being our leader~"
Toshiro shook her head at Rangiku while Takumi blushed ever so slightly.
"T-Thanks. But still, it's like...eeh, I only came here to save Rukia-chan...I never thought I'd become any kind of leader..."
"Accept you're the damn leader, and move on."
Karin snapped at him, Takumi winced but saw that Karin looked encouraging. It seemed like she also was able to believing in him right now.
"R-Right…then, I guess that I am huh~?" Takumi smiled happily, before he continued. "Ooh yes, I also had to ask. Unohana-san, did you find the thing I asked you to find? And if you did, is it possible for us to do it?"
"Yes, and I believe it would be possible. Though...it will cause eventual..."
"Yes, I'm aware. But, in these situations, seems like sometimes you have to put your life on the line. So, we'll be doing that on the day...that's not going to be pleasant. Either way, I also said I'd explain about why Aizen is behind this, and I've done that to an extent, but if its proof, then Unohana-san."
Unohana nodded, and continued.
"The corpse we found of Aizen that day, wasn't a corpse."
"Wasn't...a corpse?"
Momo's voice carried to Unohana who continued after bringing out some pictures, showing them to the group.
"No, the corpse, was actually a very elaborate corpse doll, designed in a way to make it seem like Takumi-kun here killed Aizen. It was so intricately designed that I was surprised. From my understanding, even Aizen wouldn't be able to make this, so that's why we believe Mayuri Kurotsuchi could be involved, with his involvement in Gigai technology with Nemu-san here. That, mixed with Aizen's intelligence, he made a corpse doll that was near indistinguishable from the real thing. But thanks to the combined efforts of myself, and Takumi-kun, we managed to find out that it truly was a corpse doll. So, that's another reason we have to show as evidence that Captain Aizen is in fact alive. Here, are my findings for you all to go over."
Unohana handed out some papers, and a detailed report on it for their eyes to see.
Takumi himself, watched Momo being unsure of the situation.
She didn't look like she wanted to hear this, but she had to accept it.
"I know all of you might have some doubts about my words, and that's perfectly understandable. But allow me the chance to show you what's truly happening here. This society is currently being controlled by a man with plans to either destroy you, or do something akin to destruction like taking over you all. Even my Father has doubts about his true plans, Aizen is a person that's rather sneaky. Again, you can not believe in my Father either, I'm sure some of you have only heard horrible things about us, but please let me show you that this is wrong. What's happening here, is wrong. Rukia-chan does not deserve to die for anything, and you all don't deserve to be targeted by this kind of threat. So, I say that we should make a stand, and somehow make it right. Lets pull together, and achieve a victory for us all."
Those inspirational words even took Takumi by surprise.
He usually wasn't the type to do these things.
But, in this situation, he had to showcase what he's truly doing right now.
He had to prove his name wasn't something to be dragged through the mud.
Seeing that people began to nod, and accept what was currently happening, Takumi breathed out his worries, and got to work.
"Okay, this is what we're going to do." He turned to Shunsui. "Shunsui-san, could you handle that old man long enough for us to draw out Aizen?"
"Heh, that old man is the strongest man in the Soul Society. I'm not sure if I could hold him for long."
"With me, I could help you."
Ukitake brought up, but Shunsui looked reluctant.
"Jushiro, your condition..."
"Condition? I'm sorry, what condition?"
Takumi asked, Ukitake pursed his lips.
"I have a condition that sometimes hampers me...I've had it for most of my life. I have good days and bad days."
"R-Right...I'm sorry about that, maybe I could...hmmm, a lung condition huh...so, it would be difficult for you to breathe...maybe I could give you something that could regulate your breathing and ease the symptoms with Unohana-sans help..."
Takumi offered, Ukitake looked mildly surprised.
"That would be...great, thank you."
"Then I'll do my best to help out~ So, yes...Yamamoto, I can't hold that guy off, there's no way that anyone else here could do that apart from you two. Also Unohana-san, but I have something else for her to do. He'd probably kill me if he had the chance to do that."
"So, you want us to distract him? We can do that, but what are you going to do?"
Takumi smiled lightly to himself.
"I've got some cherry blossoms to deal with."
"Takumi, Byakuya has Bankai. You currently don't. What are you planning to do?"
Yoruichi asked.
Takumi looked down at the ground for a few moments.
"...That's a good point, I'll have to think of something-"
"That's not necessary. Because you're going to be learning Bankai in three days. We have three days, you're going to be learning your Bankai until then."
The members of the Soul Society seemed dubious at best, but Takumi saw that Yoruichi looked determined. She had some kind of plan for that, so he was going to believe n Yoruichi for the moment.
"Right...if I could do that then it would be better. But yes, I'll be taking care of Byakuya. Kenpachi-san." Kenpachi smirked, waiting for Takumi. "I need you to do what you do best."
"Say no more, I'll destroy anything you need me to."
Takumi gave a light hearted smile as Yachiru cheered "Yay! Ken-chan gets to fight!" with Toshiro not looking sure about this.
"Right. The rest of you, I'll also have things that I'll need you to do. Aizen is smart, but he also knows that currently, he can't beat Yamamoto, he can't beat Unohana-san probably, and maybe even you both Shunsui-san and Ukitake-san. And even if he could take you all individually, he couldn't take you all together, that's why he's not made a grab for what he wishes for just yet, but that's why we have to force his hand into making a move. If we told the old man, and the others...yeah, look how it turned out when I told...most of you. Mostly, I got attacked, so I doubt them believing me, and I also don't want to split the Soul Society either. We have to make Aizen reveal his intentions, and take him down. So, as we go through the days, I'll be thinking of the best plans of action, if you're all comfortable with that?"
No one seemed to disagree with him.
Takumi smiled, and went to speak, when Momo stood up, beginning to leave.
"Hinamori..."
Toshiro called, but Momo exited the area quickly.
It seemed to have been a bit much for her.
She was finding out her Hero was really a monster.
And who everyone was told was a monster, in this case Takumi, truly was her Hero who had protected her.
It was quite overwhelming.
Takumi stretched his body as he cracked his neck side to side.
"Alright then, we should begin preparing. I wrote out something's last night for you guys to go over, and some different scenarios, that could happen. I'll go and speak to Momo-san...I know she's probably unsure of many different things right now..."
Takumi stood up, and left after giving out some different papers.
Karin looked at the papers in her hand, and then knew that she'd have to fight as well. She needed to be tougher, stronger. She had to go to the only person she knew that would be able to help her grow without holding back on her.
Her eyes turned towards Kenpachi, and approached him.
"Hey, Kenpachi. Aren't you powerful?"
"Heh, if you have to ask then you don't know me at all."
Karin showed a light smile.
"I suppose so. Do you need a training partner?"
"I don't train with weak-" Karin thrust her sword at Kenpachi at high speeds, forcing Kenpachi to bat her sword away. "-people. Alright, you've caught my attention."
Karin smirked, hauling her sword over her shoulder.
"Right, then show me your power Kenpachi, and I'll show you mine."
"If that's what you want, then I'm alright with that. Though why me exactly?"
Karin could get why Kenpachi would be unsure of her motives.
So she explained them the best way that she could, and how he'd understand it.
"Because you're strong and wont hold back on me. I need to be stronger, I can't be the weak link in the chain. If we've got a few days, then I want to be as strong as I can be, and that's through you, don't you also think that?"
"I don't focus on techniques, if you're looking for that, then find someone else. I believe that fighting with power is all that you need to do."
"Right, that's what I believe. I need that power, so help me out Kenpachi!"
"Hahaha, that's what you want! Then it begins now!"
Karin watches as Kenpachi comes at her with his blade swinging harshly, coming at her from left and right, forcing the young woman to block the sword strikes, each one being heavy and forcing her backwards.
But she didn't give up, and began training with Kenpachi.
Takumi walked towards the skirts of the training field, knowing that Momo went this way to escape the others. He wondered how she'd take it, how she'd feel about it, and he knew that she'd also be worried about the situation at hand.
So, he had to go and put her mind at ease.
At least, he'd be able to process the information that she's received.
Eventually, he found the location she was hiding in. Within a rocky formation, Takumi found a hiding Momo curled up in a ball, knees pressed against chest, head down onto her knees, looking down at a bit of water, with her finger slowly running through the water, as a few tears came to her eyes.
Seeing that, Takumi also felt sorry for her.
He couldn't even fathom what she was thinking about right now.
Everything she knew was a lie. Her feelings were hard to understand. Her mind was beginning to sink into a place she couldn't think about.
Takumi slowly approached her, sitting down beside her.
Momo registered his appearance, then turned back to the water.
He only said "When you want to talk, I'll be here." and nothing more.
He knew that he couldn't force it out of her, he wasn't someone that she knew a lot.
But maybe that's what she needed right now.
Someone that could tell her objectively about what truly was happening and wouldn't hold back, yet would be mindful to be kind to her, and make her feel better than before.
Minutes passed by, and neither said anything.
But then Momo chimed up, ready to speak now.
"...It's hard, I've admired him for so long...and to hear all of these things. Captain...no, Captain might not be a good title for him now. I don't know what to think about this now...Takumi-san, you're so strong."
Takumi was surprised that she was calling him strong.
"How so?"
Momo clutched her fingers together, shaking ever so slightly as a few stray tears fell down her face.
Takumi's heart almost broke when seeing that.
She was truly trying her hardest to keep it together.
"Even when everyone was against you...you still fought hard against a society that wished to get rid of you, and you've managed to convince all of these people to be beside you...they all can't be brainwashed, they are...Captain Aizen, he's truly evil, isn't he?"
Takumi wondered how he was to approach her question.
He didn't want to give her false hope, yet he didn't want anything
"I...I can't say he's evil completely. But he's got dark intentions. I'm sorry, I truly am sorry that you're going through this. You say that I'm strong, but you have just lost your Hero...that can't be easy. Aizen isn't my Hero, he's never been my Hero. But for you...he's someone that you idolized, someone that you thought always couldn't do any wrong, and he's betrayed that bond, that love you built up for him...you're strong, Momo-san."
Momo began to cry, as she whimpered out.
"M-Me? N-No, I'm not..."
Takumi's hand gently laid on top of her head.
"Yes, you are. You're strong, Momo-san. You are taking in this information, and handling it remarkably. It would be like if I found out my Dad is evil, it would break me. After all the things I've known about my Father, what I thought was true, was shattered and he's completely different to what I thought. It's like that for you, right?" Momo as she continued to cry, so he gently embraced her, shocking the young woman. "You don't have to worry about Aizen, okay? I wouldn't send you to fight him or anything, that would be unnecessarily cruel. There are many ways to help out, and even if you don't want to do anything like that, then that's okay too. I'm not going to force anyone to do something they just don't want to do."
Momo looked into the eyes of Takumi.
Support.
Comfort.
It was quite like how Aizen used to look at her.
The softness of his voice, the kindness that he displayed for her.
It was filling her with warmth.
She hadn't expected this to happen.
The best thing of all though was…
He was allowing her to say what or what didn't happen.
Nothing she didn't like was going to happen.
She wasn't going to have to do anything against her will…
She broke down into tears, crying onto his chest.
She kept whispering "Why did he do this…?" and "I'm so sorry..." mixing some together.
Takumi continued to embrace her, and make sure that she was alright, that she didn't have to keep worrying about what was happening. He'd be there for her now, he'd be able to help her out then and there.
No matter what would happened.
After comforting Momo for a little while, Takumi went to go and meet Yoruichi. When getting there, he saw that the woman was holding up some white paper looking thing. Takumi overlooked the life sized paper then towards Yoruichi.
"Yoruichi-chan, we making origami?"
Yoruichi's lips curled upwards ever so slightly.
"I wish that we had the time for that. But no, this is to help you achieve Bankai."
"Right, you mentioned about that. But what was that even about anyway?"
Yoruichi was glad that she now had the chance.
She was going to be the teacher that Takumi needed right now.
"Yes, this is something your Father actually invented. It's called Tenshintai. It's how he also achieved Bankai. If you stab your Zanpakuto into this doll I've got, it will manifest your Zanpakuto spirit to the world around us, then the challenge will truly begin."
Takumi understood.
He knew that he'd have to do this.
"Right, then I'll do it right now-"
"However, I must warn you. Doing it this way can be dangerous. Forcing your Zanpakuto spirit out like this, then forcing that spirit to be subjugated. I had to warn you, but I know that you probably don't care about that, do you?"
Takumi stuck out his tongue.
"How did you guess that~?"
"Because it is you, Takumi. Now, I suppose that with that acknowledged, we should begin immediately. You need Bankai Takumi, you need to awaken that power to contend with other members of the Gotei. You've gotten lucky so far in your fighting. If you had Bankai fighting Kenpachi Zaraki, then that fight would have gone easier for you."
"Yes...and I need it to fight Byakuya."
"May I ask...why do you want to fight him? Since we're alone...what is it about Byakuya you feel strong about?"
Takumi could get why she'd be as confused as she was.
"...It's not about the time we fought last time. It's about knocking some sense into the idiot." Yoruichi raised her brows as he continued. "Rukia-chan's his sister. She told me that he had ignored her for years, he didn't even acknowledge her existence at all. And now, he's perfectly alright with her dying. I also saw a portrait of someone that looked like Rukia-chan in his home when we were there briefly...he clearly has some kind of emotions about this. I don't know if he's that good at hiding them from everyone, or he's in complete denial. But there's got to be some decency in that man, for Rukia-chan's sake. Even if we do save her...would it change anything for her? For this place to acknowledge that she's a damn fine Shinigami...for her damn elder brother to recognize her existence."
Yoruichi hearing the passion within Takumi, was mildly surprised, but also quite happy about seeing it so open as well.
"Then, it seems like you've made a decision, and if that's the case, then lets begin Takumi. Stab this doll with your blade."
Takumi looked at the doll, with his sword spinning around, before it pierced into the doll, which began to glow.
The glowing of the bright light surrounded them all, until Takumi's Zanpakuto spirit arrived.
Kinhime.
Yoruichi looked at the woman's large chest, and whispered "Damn..." then turned to Takumi curiously.
"Seems like you have a type, don't you?"
"W-What?"
Yoruichi chuckled, seeing how Takumi's Zanpakuto spirit was very endowed in the chest area. Her long hair was rather beautiful as well. It did seem that she was a rather beautiful woman, and the way that she looked to Takumi was a mixture of happiness and teasing at the same time, something that she rather found funny.
"You like big chested women. I guess that's why you're so into that Orihime girl. Heh, well I'll be alright. I feel sorry for those who aren't as gifted as I am. But, I'm alright with it since Takumi will like me~"
She sang out, giving a cheery wink, something that caused Takumi to raise an eyebrow at.
His eyes then shifted to Kinhime who was smiling gently.
"Why hello again, my Takumi. What is it that you want from me~?"
"Aah, Kinhime. Feels weird that you're here like this...but, I need you to teach me about my Bankai. So, I'm going to have to have you submit to me."
Kinhime shuddered, sitting down on the ground, and began opening her kimono top.
"You drive a hard bargain, but alright then. Lets submit to each other~"
Yoruichi's grin grew on her face, as Takumi's face began to turn red at the sight before him.
"E-Eh...y-you...I-I didn't mean it like that!"
"But, that's the whole point of submission. If it's submitting to my cute Takumi, then I'll submit~ Now, come here, and lets enjoy one another's bodies~"
"K-Kinhime! I want to learn Bankai! N-Not do that!"
"But, doing that would be much more fun than learning Bankai from me. I mean, I'd have to beat you again and again until you learn my secrets, and my Bankai. Though, wouldn't it be great if we could have a mixture of pleasure and pain~?"
Takumi flushed even more while Yoruichi nodded again and again.
"Yes, this woman definitely understands that this needs to happen."
"Yoruichi-chan! Please be quiet!"
Yoruichi snickered, sticking out her tongue at Takumi while Kinhime cocked her head sideways.
"Then, if you want Takumi..." Kinhime's expression suddenly darkened, sticking out her hand, as a massive bolt of lightning ruptured through the ground, surrounding the area in many different blades. "...I'll have my fun with you this way instead."
Takumi grimaced, seeing that Kinhime was deadly serious at this moment in time.
She was going to do something that was rather worrying.
But, he was also determined.
He was going to fight.
He was going to attain his Bankai, no matter how hard it would be.
End chapter!
So, it seems that Soi Fon's reflecting back on the past, indicating her more truer emotions by keeping a picture of her with Takumi and Yoruichi. Renji and Ukitake have now joined the team, with the group beginning to make plans, Momo finding out what Takumi knew about the situation, and while it was difficult, it seems that she's dealing with it. Karin's also going to Kenpachi for some training, seems like she'll become quite the power house. Kisuke's dealing with his own problems back in Karakura, and finally, Takumi's started his training to receive Bankai. If you're wondering about Karin, she will receive Bankai quite soon as well.
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Takumi; Orihime, Rukia, Yuzu, Karin, Nemu, Giselle, Liltotto, Momo, Soi Fon, Yoruichi, Hiyori, Nelliel, Tier, Rangiku, Toshiro (fem), Nanao.